As quickly as new social media appears, teens seem to find ways to use it to have sex, often sex devoid of even any pretense of emotional intimacy.

On Vanity Fair, a disturbing article on how gender roles for teenages have been completely skewed thanks to an "unprecedented easy access to the unreal world of Internet porn," combined with social media and a plethora of dating apps, yielding a world where "boys are taught they have the right to expect everything from social submission to outright sex from their female peers."

As quickly as new social media appears, teens seem to find ways to use it to have sex, often sex devoid of even any pretense of emotional intimacy. Theres sexting, and theres Snapchat, where teenagers share pictures of their bodies or body parts; on Skype, sometimes they strip for each other or masturbate together. On Omegle, they can talk to strangers, and sometimes the talk turns sexual. A boy in L.A. told me about a boy he knew who had a PayPal account where he accepted payment for being sexual online with random guys . . . Two hundred bucks. And then there is Tinder, where kids can meet each other on their phones. Its like Grindr used to be for gay guys, but now kids are doing it, said a girl in L.A. No one cares about anything but how you look.

We dont date; we just hook up, another girl in L.A. told me. Even people who get in a relationship, it usually starts with a hookup. Which can mean anything from making out to having sex. When you have sex with a guy, they want it to be like a porno, said a 19-year-old girl in New York. They want anal and oral right away. Oral is, like, the new kissing. The cum shot in the face is a big thing, said another girl.

And then there are texting relationships, a disembodied coupling that takes place solely on a screen. It can still become very sexual, often very quickly. Guys you know from just, like, having one class together will be like, Do you like to suck dick? said a 17-year-old girl in New York. And if you say no, they just move on to the next person.

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